Thoughts on architecture, design, courses, parametric design, hardware, BIM and open source
New Course Platform and New course!
New UH Studio Design Academy school platform! UH Studio offers a brand new student experience that enhances your learning, can be picked up at any device and give you access to the community! Also, check there is a brand new Staggered Forms course available.
Advanced diagrid tessellations in Blender
Learn how to create advanced diagonal grids parametrically with in Blender by generation non-destructive tessellations with Tissue.
Blender vs Maya for Architectural Design
Comparison of Autodesk Maya vs Blender for architectural design.
Parametric Ridge Shell
A video and written tutorial on how to generate parametric ridge-like shells with Blender and the Tissue addon.
Modular city with Geometry Nodes
In this video tutorial and written guide, find out how to generate a modular city easily with Geometry Nodes in Blender. The set-up is more design-based instead of artist based, meaning that it can be used for actual design purposes such as urban design, planning, and generating believable neighbourhoods.
Affinity 2 Review for architects and designers.
A video and written review of the new features in Affinity Photo 2, Designer 2, and Publisher 2 that are useful for architects and designers
Designing a house around a feature stair
How to design a house around a beautiful feature stair
Top 5 Reasons Blender is useful for Architectural Design
Find out what are the top 5 features for Blender for architectural design.
Blender - the best free rendering software for architects
What is the best free free rendering software for architectural design capable of producing, real-time and raytracing results suitable for anything ranging from concept diagrams to photorealistic final renders? Blender’s Cycles and Eevee render engines.
Different kind of tessellations
Generating highly articulate tessellations with Tissue in a unique and easy setup.
How to export FBX with materials from Revit
Learn how to export FBX with materials from Revit.
CD NEXT 10
Information about a Blender computational design workshop I thought for CD NEXT 10 Conference, organised by Parametric Architecture and DesignMorphine.
Dezact Metaplay II
An overview of Metaverse II workshop, where I taught advanced blender modelling. The students also learned Rhino, Maya, and Unreal which they combined with a narrative to produce architectural metaverse proposals.
Parametric Stairs in Blender
How to create a parametric stair in Blender. Find out in this step by step guide how to create an impressive model that can be reused and modified non-destructively for any architecture purposes.
Geometry Nodes Snippets
Basics of geometry nodes and curves. This an ever-growing collecting of simple processes that help achieve various actions, like ofsetting, culling, etc.
The ultimate mouse guide for architects, designers, and creatives
Find out which is the best mouse for architects, in a massive list of 16 comparisons, from the most basic Dell wired mouse, to the flagship Logitech MX Master 3 and 3d Connexion CadMouse Pro
Social Media Marketing Tools for Architects
You are a brand, and you social media helps you share your brand identity. But how do you manage multiple brand identities at once with the easiest usability?
OSArch Presentation - How can Blender be used for Architectural Design?
In this overview of the presentation held for OSArch, Dimitar shared all the ways that Blender can be useful for Architectural Design.
Angled Building with Blender Geometry Nodes
Learn how to create an architectural massing similar to the pixelated style made popular by BIG Architecture. Creating architectural concepts doesn't need to be diffucult. With Blender and geometry nodes, it is now possible to generate explorative massings in minutes instead of days.